The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-22
SECRETS OF THE CAMPS.
CoSyTCrs WITHOUT 4 CHASGE OF
CLOTHES FOB MONTHS.

Can't James Opinion OF the Brutal
Bingham
ATsAxTA. Ga. Sept 21---Tben the con
vic4 lease was taken up this morning Judge
Hopsfnz for the lessee introduced various
executive orders relating ~ the establish
rneut u camps, the breaking up q Locket,'s
Camp n Doagberty co1zrfy. TIE ssisszlsssssl
byGov. McDznisl u the case against jams
81. Saith. the order q Gov Mcdaniel de
fuing TIE duties q PsuitentizTy ply
ssriarz. orders appointing whipping bosses
and extracts from the biennial report of the
principal keepers showing The death rate
and escape
7. C. Hawkins was pat On the stand
by the State He was employed
b. Boadurzut K Joplin al the camp.
near Aug1g.a IA l354 His position was
whiupang b0sg, or superintendent. MessEs.
BozGuraat and joplin lived about three
quarters Of ndle from the camp and Hr.
Lowe lived in Atlanta. and came down
three Or fur tirnea While the wit2esz Nss
there. SoEne u TIE cOnyic-s had 10 change
Of clo.kes for ptre Or ten rDOnths At first
the oouyicts dji MT hsye enough blankets.
That was in the winter tine. BDldnraut
fixed tie prices paid the guards. The con
wicts sometime worked az turning BRICK
SUPERINTENDENT between one and three
months after taking charge.
DISAGREEMENT.
The wftuezs disagreed WITH Heszrx Bon
duraut and Joplin about tie rules for the
mana eIneHf Os the c0uvIcbs The witness
il q c0nyersatiya with MT. Bondurant told
him that he heard from some u TIE con-
Y5cts that be ll@d gappsd them Mr Bon
durant replisd that he had disappointed
IL -
they could DO a. they plsas51- The
wins thOught MesTE- Bondurant & JOp-
lin ygers III control u The camps, but sup
posed the IFisOners belonged 70 NJ. Lowe.
There was NJ brlcE made On Sunday.
The fires IN the kins were simply kept up.
TIE understanding was that the cDnylcts
were Esaid for tl8ig work and they generally
s2-eefEle1 Il privilege - be allowed 70 do
81 Tae gI.ae5s did no: thjnkthe cOavicts
were IN nesd o, blankets a. long as two
weeks befOTs they Wsrs supplied Some
cODTicts were very rough with their clothes
and blankets. The cDnyicts clothes are as
good as or better than those of the ordinary
free labor u the country.
MAJ. JACEsOS's EASY TINE-
CAPT. Jams was put On the stand by the
Defendant counsel The So received from
Maj. George I. jackson was for better
board After conferTIng with Col Towers
h. returned the money - Maj Jackson, and
also returned the SIG which MAJ. Jscksol
sent bin after be wa Jar1oEeI. The wit
ness mad besn connected with the peniten-
fiary siune Is6s. First he was q labOrer,
afterwaTd walking Doss and finally took
EsOneyed interest xiii Cart " J Grant
Mr. Smith OBJECTED u the witness stating
that there WIS a purchase BY Capt james
d an interest in Company No. ), a. the con-
trsc1 would be the highest evidence Of that.
Finally, Oh Judge Hopkins promise 10
hunt up toe original papers. Ar. Smith con-
ssfifed u the admission u the copy IN the
matte. Mr.. Smith held that the stock
books mus be produced. a. they and 10
other writing would " the slightest evil
deBoe II title u stock
Judge EiliYer held that no transfer was
shown by the kettsTs Of MesErs. Brown.
EorreA and others, but that those letsers
did stsOw that there was in existence writ
t~n evidence II the transfer
Judge Hopkins agreed 10 bring the stub
BOOK this evening, and the States counsel
was satisfied
JAMES CAMPs
The examination Of Capt James was con-
tinued. The witness has at present four
camps-O1e at OldtOwn and three On the At
laufa and HaH kiEsville railroad He and
the Clattahoochec company had the Bing-
ham camp jointly He never heard Of
charge against Smith until after DR.. Houk
left the camp. He had known Bingham FL
teen yearE, and considered him one Of the
best convict men ia the State. He said
Bingham was kind and humane up b. the
tine u the recent whipping at Camp B.ng-
ham. Slaughter aud blobley. the whipped
cOnyicts, were very impudeBt and unF1lly.
Slaughter was sJrt II bully in the camp.
Tbe witness bal never sent oonyicts 70 work
while the stars were shining. He might
have kept them out TIL the evening
stars IN fodder pulling time. The meetings
u Company 70 3 are held at the Chatta-
hooches Brick CDDpany's Office. Gov
Brown, Capt. English and the witness were
present at the list meeting. The witness
bad never denied receiving So from Mai
jackson. Nell-behaved cOnyicts were often
allowed 10 hunt and fish and sometimes 70
carry gun.
WELL TREATED.
At the afternoon session the respondents
put % T. r. Dickinson, a civil engineer and
railroad contractor on the Georgia Midland
He testified that the conyicts there were
well fed, and their treatment was uniformly
kind and humane
Capt. James was again put up. He said
Maj jackson was never allowed 70 go out
q prison rounds al OldtOwn but as il
appeared the bounds were 1000 acres. Mai
JscksOu was sent 20 OdtOwu because
He;lry Grady asked the witness as a per-
sOnal favor 10 get an order from Col
Towers sending him there. As 10 the prison
bounds ~ 1900 acres. the witness said il was
not guarded and thOss allowed the run were
not restrained excerpt by their own promise.
{. G. Bingham, Whose camp brought him
into such notOr3ety was put up by the re-
spoDdents He h IL years old and un-
married. He has been with convict camps
la various capacitles since 1871, and under
all the leassees. He went into the whipping
OF convict near Griffin, and claimed that
whipping was not only needed as a punish
ment, but necessary for hedisciplne Of the
camp. The conyictS whipped were unruly,
insubOrdinnte and violent. They were
whipped with the usual leather strap, and
given thirty-two lashes. They never COM
planned next day about the severity Of the
whipping. He denied having advised the
convicts at CbattahoOchee 10 come in town
10 see the Governor, and said he never
thought of H.
The hearing was adjourned till 10 morrow
morning.
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